Course Time
You should plan on spending at least the following amounts of time on each section. Note that this is only an estimate and will vary for each person.
Module
Section
Time
What I know about Chinese
.
30 minutes
Introduction to Chinese
.
30 minutes
Pinyin
.
9 hours
.
What and Why
30 minutes
.
Pinyin
2 hours
.
Conventions
1 hour
.
Other Systems
30 minutes
.
Questions to Consider
1 hour
.
Practice
2 hours
.
Progress Check
30 minutes
.
Assessment
1 hour
Tones
.
8 hours
.
What and Why
30 minutes
.
Tones
90 minutes
.
Combinations
90 minutes
.
Questions to Consider
1 hour
.
Practice
2 hours
.
Progress Check
30 minutes
.
Assessment
1 hour
Characters
.
14 hours
.
Background
30 minutes
.
Types of Characters
2 hours
.
Radicals
1 hour
.
Phonetics
1 hour
.
Structures
1 hour
.
Strokes
1 hour
.
Stroke Order
1 hour
.
Traditional and Simplified
1 hour
.
Multiple Pronunciation Characters
30 minutes
.
Questions to Consider
1 hour
.
Practice
1 hour
.
Progress Check
30 minutes
.
Assessment
1 hour
Language Structure
.
5 hours
.
How Chinese Works
45 minutes
.
Grammar
1 hour
.
Vocabulary
1 hour
.
Questions to Consider
1 hour
.
Progress Check
30 minutes
Overall Assessment
.
2 hours
Course Feedback
.
30 minutes
Total Course Time
.
40 hours